Roger Margason, who used the

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of Dorien Grey, was an openly gay American author, (born in Northern

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). Margason served in the U.S. Navy and graduated from Northern Illinois University with a BA in English. He died on November 1, 2015. Margason was the author of the fourteen-book Dick Hardesty mystery series, which received a WordWeaving Series of Excellence award, and four of which have been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award. He was also the author of the four-book Elliott Smith Paranormal Mystery series. In addition to his two series, he had a stand-alone gay western/romance/adventure novel, ''Calico'', aimed at young adults and traditional western buffs; ''Short Circuits: A Life in Blogs''; ''Dreams of a Calico Mouse'', a book of poetry; and ''A World Ago: a Navy Man's Letters Home, 1954-1956''. All his books are in the process of becoming audiobooks.

Works

; The Dick Hardesty Mystery Series # ''The Butcher's Son''† (2000) # ''The Ninth Man'' (2000) # ''The Bar Watcher'' (2001) # ''The Hired Man''† (2002) # ''The Good Cop'' (2002) # ''The Bottle Ghosts'' (2003) # ''The Dirt Peddler'' (2003) # ''The Role Players''† # ''The Popsicle Tree'' (2005) # ''The Paper Mirror''† (2005) # ''The Dream Ender'' (2007) # ''The Angel Singers'' (2008) # ''The Secret Keeper'' (2009) # ''The Peripheral Son'' (2011) # ''The Serpent's Tongue'' (2014) ; The Elliott Smith Mysteries Series * ''His Name Is John'' (2008) * ''Aaron's Wait'' (2009) * ''Caesar's Fall'' (2010) * ''Dante's Circle'' (2012) ; Other works * ''Calico'' (2006) * ''Short Circuits: A Life in Blogs'' (2011) ASIN: B00584R12S * ''A World Ago: a Navy Man's Letters Home, 1954-1956'' (2012) † Denotes Lambda Literary Award finalists

References

External links

The World of Dorien Grey

"Dorien Grey and Me" blog

"A World Ago" blog

"Dorien Grey: A Life in Photos" blog

Dorien Grey at AuthorsDen
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